110 THE AFRICAN ELEPHANT. 



however, they projected beyond the lip, they were 

 soon worn smooth by the motion and friction of 

 the trunk. Another young elephant did not shed 

 his milk-tusks till he was sixteen months old." 



It will be interesting to watch the development 

 of the tusks in the young female African elephant 

 now in the Gardens, as her permanent tusks have 

 not yet begun to appear, whereas in the male, her 

 companion, they project considerably. 



